Broom-holder.



No. 825,332, PATENTED JULY 10, 1906.

J. D. MACK.

BROOM HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 26, 1905.

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JOSIAH D. MACK, OF SALEM, NEW YORK. BROOM -HOLDER.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, JOSIAH D. MACK, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Salem, in the county of Washington and State of New York,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Broom- Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention-is to provide a broom-holder adapted also tobe used in holding other handlerovided articles, such as dust-pans,whiskrooms, and the like.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown in Figure 1 a view of myholder supporting a dust-pan. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of mybroom-holder, disclosing a portion of a broom-handle in dotted lines,while Fi 3 shows a perspective view of my broomho der.

The object of my invention is to rovide a simple device adapted to besecure to a wall or other suitable place to receive a handleprovidedarticle, such as a dust-pan, broom, whisk-broom, and the like.

As the handles are apt to be of irregular der made of spring sheet metalhaving two separate and distinct sets of holding-arms, each arm beingpermitted an inde endent movement;

. My broom-hol er comprises a member made of the best sheet s rin-steel, oil-tempered, and comprises a Eat ase portion 1, from whichextends two sets of arms, (marked 2 and 3,) each arm being provided witha bowed portion, as is shown at 4 and 5, forming holding orclaspingcollars, each terminating in an outwardly-flared lip, as isshown at 6 and 7 in Fig. 3. I

The fiat base portion of the holder is perforated and adapted to form abearing for the head of.a suitable screw 0, the broomholder beingpreferably secured to a vertical surface, as a wall I), as shown in Fis. 2 and 3. In order to insure the holder eing held freely, I'interposethe washer a between the holder and the wall ,as shown in Fi 2 and 3.

In order to insert abroom-han e, the operator forces the same betweenthe out- Specification of- Letters Patent.

Application filed December 26, 1905. Serial No. 293.387.

Patented July 10,1906.

wardly-flared lips 6 and 7, which results in spreading the four armsoutwardly until the handle finds a seating within the bowed portions 4and 5, within which it is securely clasped. By this arrangement anyswinging movement of the broom instead of straining the arms will belost at the pivot-point formed by means of the screw 0. This is animportant point, as by means of my pivotally-held holder an article heldwill plumb itself without straining the holder. So, also, in havin fourseparate and distinct arms an me In ig. 1, for instance, I have shown austan 2 the cone-shaped handle '0 of which is ml clasped, the up er armshowever, being 'stended somew at further than the lower arms asdisclosed.

The length of the tapering arms permits am le space for the hand betweenthe wall an broom-handle when adilusting the broom.

It will be noticed that t ere is a space be tween the two sets of arms 2and 3 so that an article may be grasped between the arms to remove thesame.

In Fig. 2 I show in dotted lines the position of a broom-handle m.

It is of course understood that these holders may be made of varioussizes;

Having thus described my said inventlon, what I claim as new, and desire.to secure by United States Letters Patent, is-

In a device of the character described, a sheet spring-steel flat-basedperforated member provided with four converging arms d sposed in sets oftwos, each arm being provided with an intermediate bowed portion andterminating in an outwardl -flaring lip a headed in extending throughsaid erioration, sai head working upon said flatased channel, and abearing-plate to pivotally receive said fiat-based channel portion, allarranged in the manner set forth.

JOSIAH D. MACK.

Witnesses Fnnnnmox Fmsnn, Joan O. Wilson.

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